Parents can now limit YouTube Kids to only show human-approved videos
Earlier this month, a report said that YouTube was planning on releasing a non-algorithmic, whitelisted version of its YouTube Kids app in the near future. Today, Google confirmed this, announcing new parental controls for YouTube Kids. These new controls can restrict YouTube Kids to only display handpicked videos instead of ones algorithmically curated, as reported by TechCrunch.
Now, when parents disable search on a child’s profile, a new option for “approved content only” can be turned on. This means that a parent can turn search off, and also limit recommended videos to those that have been approved by humans.
There’s also additional ways to customize within the “approved content only” section. Parents can pick from collections of...